SACRAMENTO, Calif. --- The Sacramento Kings are playing some of their best basketball this season. Unfortunately for them, they have only 3 1/2 weeks left before they pack up their belongings and scatter after the regular season for the 12th straight year.

The Detroit Pistons are playing so poorly that the future of the head coach --- not to mention the balance on his bank account --- are anything but rosy.

The two teams face each other Sunday at the Golden 1 Center, with the home team trying to buck a season-long trend, and the visitors trying to rid themselves of their recent one.